Getting Started with FastMCP Cloud: Set up a Workspace and connect your GitHub Account

📘Introduction

Welcome to this hands-on FastMCP tutorial! In this guide, we'll walk you step-by-step through getting started with FastMCP Cloud. You’ll learn how to sign in, create a workspace, and connect your GitHub account to it.

✅ Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

🐍☑️ Installed Python
📦☑️ Installed Pip
🌐☑️ Created and activated a virtual environment (venv)
⚡☑️ FastMCP installed inside your venv
⚙️☑️ Created a FastMCP Server instance
🛠️☑️ At least one tool added to your FastMCP Server
🧑🏻‍💻☑️ Existing GitHub account and a GitHub repository

💡What is FastMCP Cloud?

FastMCP Cloud is a powerful platform for deploying and managing MCP Servers built with FastMCP. It integrates seamlessly with your GitHub repositories, so whenever you push an MCP Server to a repo, FastMCP Cloud can access it, allowing you to deploy, test, and make it available for use with ease.

🧑🏻‍💻 Existing GitHub repository

For this tutorial, we’ll use a GitHub repository called mcp.

🔑1️⃣ Sign In to FastMCP Cloud with your Github Account

Open https://fastmcp.cloud. Click Sign in.

Select Continue with GitHub and sign in with your GitHub credentials.

Then click Authorize FastMCP Cloud.